Lead Therapist

Mon-Fri 3p-6p Star City, AR

The Lead Therapist is responsible for:

• Work a maximum six (6) hours each week per client.
• Of these, four (4) hours MUST be in customer’s home. The remaining two (2) hours may be worked outside the client’s home AS NEEDED
• Ensuring the treatment plan is implemented as designed.
• Ensuring proper implementation and effectiveness of the treatment plan.
• Reviewing all data collected by the Line Therapist and parent/guardian.
• Knowledge of evidence-based therapies including but not limited ABA, Discrete Trial, Pivotal Response Training, and Natural Environment Training.
• Should be able to make adjustments to client objectives/targets as needed and have an understanding of prompting procedures, data collection, and error correction procedures.
• Model all therapies/objectives the client is working on and teach the line therapist how to implement all programs.
• Should be able to think on your feet and make suggestions and/or corrections as needed relating to client programs, data collection, and issues and/or concerns.
• Should ensure that the line therapist(s) are generalizing programs throughout multiple settings/environments.
• Should ensure that the line therapist includes maintenance goals within current programming.
• Providing guidance and support to the Line Therapist(s).
• Reporting issues and/or concerns relating to family, client, or team to your supervisor.
• Reporting progress and/or concerns to your Interventionist.
• Receiving parent/guardian feedback, responding to or forwarding concerns to the appropriate person.

Daily Requirements: In the client’s home

• Observe the implementation of goals facilitated by the Line Therapist to ensure they follow the ITP.
• Provide guidance and support to the Line Therapist as needed.
• Review data collected by the Line Therapist(s) and parent(s)/guardian(s).
• Communicate with the parent/guardian. Respond to concerns as needed.
• Provide the Interventionist with mastered goals/graphs/ or other data to be updated.
• Model new objectives and/or techniques as necessary.
• Monitor programs to ensure that generalization of skills and maintenance goals are being worked on in multiple settings.
• Inform the Interventionist of any concerns or issues.

Outside the client’s home (2 hours/week as needed – based on approval)

• Work related to the client’s program, such as visual schedules, token boards, program materials for various skill sets, academic materials, arts/crafts, etc.
• All work done outside the client’s home should be approved by the Supervisor and the Interventionist.

Experience

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Bachelor’s degree in Education/Special Education, Psychology, Speech-Language Pathology, Occupational Therapy, or a related field.
• At least 2 years’ experience working with children or children who have autism.
• Experience in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is required.

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